15/09/2023
The core of the pitching staff, including All-World Team reliever Taekyeon Kim (pictured above) and shortstop Jihwan Lee, will sign professional contracts.
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Six WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup bronze medallists selected in first round of KBO Draft
XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup: The numbers tell the story why Japan and Chinese Taipei were the best teams
11/09/2023
We analyzed the four medal round teams through the main statistics. The WBSC announced during the Closing Ceremony the recipients of the Individual Awards.
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WBSC announces XXXI U-18 Baseball World Cup MVP and All-World Team
10/09/2023
Japan's second baseman (pictured above with Technical Commissioner George Santiago) was voted the best player of the tournament. Seven teams are represented in the All-World Team.
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World No. 1 Japan win XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup
10/09/2023
It's their first World Title in the age bracket after losing four finals, the latest on home soil in Osaka in 2015. Left-hander Yugo Maeda pitched a complete game. The U-18 Samurai scored all the runs they needed in the top of the fourth.
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XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup Day 11: Korea shut out USA, earn bronze medal
10/09/2023
Taekyeon Kim (pictured above) went the distance, allowing only two hits. "I felt great, so I decided to go after the hitters," he commented through an interpreter. Positions 3-12 are confirmed. Scroll to the end of the page to see box scores and game reports of today's Placement Round games.
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Czech batters rack up 10 hits in triumph over Venezuela
10/09/2023
Czechia shut out Venezuela in their last Placement Round game on their way to a historic ninth-place finish.
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Nicholas Paparella's home run lifts Australia over Venezuela
10/09/2023
The game resumed with Venezuela leading 1-0, but Australia came back to finish their Placement Round with an 8-1 win.
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XXXI WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup Day 10: medal round set, Chinese Taipei and Japan will play for the World Title, USA and Korea for bronze
09/09/2023
Chinese Taipei beat Japan in the last game of the Super Round and earned home-field advantage in the World Championship final. Korea and the United States prevailed in the three-way tie with Puerto Rico thanks to the TQB tie-breaking rule and will play for bronze.
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Chinese Taipei win eighth straight, get home-field advantage in World Championship Final
09/09/2023
Japan scored first, but the hosts reversed the lead in the bottom of the second and could sit on it thanks to solid pitching by Wei Che Tseng. Chinese Taipei will have home-field advantage in the World Championship Game on Sunday, 10 September.
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Korea beat Netherlands, will play USA for bronze
09/09/2023
Korea got ahead with the small ball and held the lead, relying on perfect defence to support four pitchers. Their win created a three-way tie with Puerto Rico and the US at 2-3.
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